brain
The brain was an organ responsible for controlling the body's functions, as well as being the center for memory, thought, and personality. Talosians had extremely large brains, a fact attributed to their prodigious telepathic abilities.[1] An encounter with the Galactic Barrier by both the S.S. Valiant in 2069 and the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 on Stardate 1312.4 caused an area of the brain to be hyperstimulated, killing three aboard the Valiant and nine aboard the Enterprise, and causing one aboard the Valiant and two aboard the Enterprise to mutate and develop godlike powers.[2] The neural neutralizer affected brain wave patterns.[3]
On Stardate 5431.4, the Controller of Sigma Draconis VI sent the Eymorg Kara to take Spock's brain, reasoning that the Vulcan's brain would be a suitable replacement for it, as it was dying after 10,000 years.[4] Keniclius 5 sought to clone Spock nearly two years later, on Stardate 5554.4, as he respected the Vulcan's intelligence and sought to use him as the template of a proposed "master race."[5]
Notes and References
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Cage". Star Trek, season 0, episode 0 (Production number 01). Directed by Robert Butler. Written by Gene Roddenberry. Released 1986. Desilu Productions. 1965.
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Where No Man Has Gone Before". Star Trek, season 1, episode 3 (Production number 02). Directed by James Goldstone. Written by Samuel A. Peeples. Desilu Productions. 22 September 1966.
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Dagger of the Mind". Star Trek, season 1, episode 9 (Production number 11). Directed by Vincent McEveety. Written by S. Bar-David. Desilu Productions. 3 November 1966.
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer) and Freiberger, Fred (Producer). "Spock's Brain." Star Trek, Season 3, Episode 6. Directed by Marc Daniels. Written by Lee Cronin. Paramount Pictures Corporation, 20 September 1968.
- ↑ Scheimer, Lou & Norm Prescott (Producers). "The Infinite Vulcan". Star Trek: The Animated Series, season 1, episode 7 (Production number 02). Directed by Hal Sutherland. Written by Walter Koenig. Filmation Associates. 20 October 1973.
